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I like the USR Router, that's the first time I've seen it. In my experience, I have found it difficult to get two routers to speak to each other. They need to have a setting to allow them to bridge the two networks together. That being said, if your Linksys router is the right version, you...

Nice to know Dan, I have had pretty good expiences with them. You could probably get them to come in to your company and provide training, if you're big enough. Or you could go to their training that they hold. It's worth the time to get some hands on, if your company will pay for it...

Does that laptop have a static dns entry? Can that laptop ping the gateway? Or ping google? We need more information... P

Wow, long thread. Pete, you can also use BartPE, which is a win32 live cd, so you can package most of your normal windows apps into it, and it'll all be gone when you reboot. Unless you actively save something to the disk of course. Or you could use vmware's player application, along with...

Ed2020, I second that recommendation, it's good even for us people that are in the industry because they go over the fundamentals in a slightly different way than how we learned it, and Steve Gibson is a good, enthusiastic speaker. (Also very knowledable on the topics.) I would suggest...

If you want built in AV, Spam filter, web content filtering etc... Look into devices that claim to do "UTM" or Unified Threat Management", I support Fortinet devices which do this very well, but I don't do all the competing devices, so I can't say who's is better. Their prices are about middle...

As everyone here has said, wireless is less secure than wired. We use it because it's easier to install into the house / building, and most computers that you buy new have it built in. (laptops anyways) So it's easy to flip the wireless on, which it is by default, and hook up to your unsecured...

I was reading about free services for home, and they had AntiVir pretty high up there, perhaps look at their commercial products? (http://www.avira.com/) I'm currently supporting McAfee at one of my clients, and I hate the product, but the phone support is VERY good. You have to wait an hour...

I agree somewhat with segment, but, as a consultant, I was required to support Fortinet gear when I was hired on. Since then I have seen a large amount of interest in these products. Good or bad idea, the desire is there. I have only had experience with the Fortinet boxes, so I'm not really...

Back to DirkStruan's question, you can also use a live disk like BartPE or Knoppix STD to get access to any of the files that may be locked or hidden, since you're booting into a different OS, they will not be locked or hidden in the same way. Another Root kit tool is...

Also this is a good time to change all your habits going forward, like putting your photos on yahoo, google, or some alternative, where they're off site, and you don't have to worry about backups. Not that this helps now, but in the future... P

I assume that you're doing this to avoid purchasing the "ESX" version of VMware that basically does do this, and a WHOLE lot more? If so, then I would host your environment in a similar manar as the ESX hosts. In other words, use RH as a dedicated host, and make it as thin as possible, run...

No worries, I try to pass that nugget around as much as possible, I enjoy using it, AND telling people about it. It's especially useful as you add plugins to it. Just read his page, and follow the links to others that have built off of his original work. Cheers, Paintballer

Encrypting your data is a great idea! There are tools that they can use on your physical system to get into the files reguardless of what password your use. If I have physical access to any system, and time, I can slice through any of the security, always, count on it. There's a scary story on...

Ah, but if he cloned it with Ghost, he might copy the problem across, right? Again this is a great reason to compile your own BartPE disk with Anti-V, Anti-Spy, and a browser like FireFox, so you can boot to a different OS, from a CD, and be able to scan your system files, without worry of...